| Plekocheilus
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| Apertual view of a shell of Plekocheilus euryomphalus.
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Order:
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Stylommatophora
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| Suborder:
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Helicina
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| Superfamily:
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Orthalicoidea
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| Family:
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Amphibulimidae
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| Genus:
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Plekocheilus
Guilding, 1828
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| Type species
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Carychium undulatum Leach, 1814
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| Synonyms
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- Antitragus Oberwimmer, 1931 (junior synonym)
- Auris (Antitragus) Oberwimmer, 1931 (junior synonymy)
- Auris (Eudolichotis) Pilsbry, 1896
- Bulimus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850 (junior synonym)
- Bulimus (Plekocheilus) Guilding, 1827 (junior synonym)
- Caprella Guilding, 1824 (invalid: junior homonym of Caprella Lamarck, 1801; Plekocheilus is a replacement name)
- Eudolichotis Pilsbry, 1896
- Eudolichotus [sic]
- Euritis [sic]
- Eurytus Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy)
- Orcesiellus Weyrauch, 1967
- Pelekocheilus Beck, 1837 (junior synonymy)
- Plecocheilus Swainson, 1833 (junior synonymy)
- Plecocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850
- Plecocheilus (Plecocheilus) Swainson, 1833 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Plecochilus Agassiz, 1846 (unjustifed emendation)
- Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) Weyrauch, 1967· accepted, alternate representation
- Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation
- Plekocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
- Plekocheilus (Orcesiellus) Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy)
- Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) Guilding, 1827· accepted, alternate representation
- Plekocheilus (Sparnotion) Pilsbry, 1944 (junior synonymy)
- Strophocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy)
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Plekocheilus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.